Mar 30 2009
A little more about Michi
I told you a little about the squirrel monkey that I was lucky enough to have for a few years. I had two cats, a little black mixed breed dog and two parakeets, and one son at the time. So, bringing a monkey into all of this was going to be fun. He had his own large cage that came with him, so I figured that it was best that he stay in it until he was used to his new home. Well, as time passed we introduced the rest of the animals to Michi and he immediately took to each and every one, with the exception of the birds. They were in their cage all of the time and in a room that was not frequented by the monkey.
As time passed and Michi was more familiar with us he spent very little time in his cage. I found out that one of his favorite things to do is to check out a glass that someone had sat down, he would dip his fingers in the glass to see if he liked the contents or not. Most of the time he did like what he was tasting, so he would continue dipping his little dirty hands in the cup and licking them off. When he had his fill of the drink he would head over to a table lamp that had silky white shade, crawl up on top of the shade and lay down and hang off of it. It did not take long before the shade was filthy and had to be replaced with something that was more cleanable. If he was not on the lamp shade, he would curl up on the bed with one or all of the other animals. He loved the cats so much. I used to let him climb in the tree outside and if he didn’t want to come down when I needed him to I would pick up one of the cats and I would meow myself, Michi would come from where ever he was, run up my leg and try to get me to let go of the cat. It was hilarious to see him come out of the tree so fast and run up my leg and onto my shoulder, reaching down pulling on my fingers to let go of the cat. I guess he thought that the cat sound was actually from the cat and that I was hurting it. If I would have been smart and had a VHS camera at the time I would have been able to send clips into The Funniest Home Videos!!
